Teacher: Will Critchlow

Improving how you search:

In addition to entering simple keyword-based queries, the major search engines all offer advanced query operators that give you more granular control over the results returned. In this module, we will explore a variety of these advanced query types and combine them in useful ways.

While the operators are typically the same or similar across major search engines, the following examples are all tested on Google. You can read more about advanced query types here.

The search query below returns pages that contain the phrase harry potter dvds. By using the site: operator, you can restrict it to only pages on a particular site that contain that phrase.